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CALLIANDRA 



CA LEA. (From kalos, beautiful ; referring to the 

 flowers. Nat. ord. Composites [Composites]. Linn. 

 ig-Syngenesia, i-/Equalis. Allied to Galinsoga.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs ; seed in March ; side-shoots 

 strike freely at any tune, in sand, and placed in bottom- 

 heat, under a glass. Summer temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 

 55 to 60. 



C. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). See C. JAJIAICENSIS. 

 jamaice'nsis (Jamaica). 3. Purple. June. W. Ind. 



1739. 



loba'ta (lobed). See NEUROL^NA LOBATA. 

 pinnati'fida (leafleted). Yellow. June. Brazil. 1816. 

 scopa'ria (broom). See BACCHARIS SCOPARIA. 

 solidagi'nea (solidago-like). 4. Caraccas. 1817. 

 urticafo'lia (nettle-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. Vera 

 Cruz. 1740. 



CALEA CTE. See CALEA. 



CALEA'NA. (Named in compliment to G. Caley, 

 superintendent of the Botanical Garden, St. Vincent. 

 Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceae].) 



Terrestrial Orchids that may be grown in the green- 

 house. Divisions. Compost, fibrous loam, peat, and 

 sand, with good drainage. 



C. major (larger). Green, brown. N. S. Wales. 1810. 

 mi'nor (smaller). Green, brown. Australia. 1822. 

 ni'grita (blackish). Dark in colour. Australia. 



CALECTA SLA. (From kalos, beautiful, and stachus, a 

 spike. Calectasias are branched herbs, with dry, per- 

 manent, starry flowers, of a bright violet. Nat. ord. 

 Rushes [Juncaceae], Linn. 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Baxteria.) 



Unless we had it on authority, we should not take 

 this for a rush, but a lilywort. Greenhouse herbaceous 

 perennial ; divisions ; peat and loam, or common soil. 

 Winter temp., 35 to 45. 



C. cya'nea (blue-flowered). Blue. June. Australia. 

 1840. 



CALENDULA. Marigold. (From calenda, the first 

 day of the month ; its flowers produced almost all the 

 year round. Nat. ord. Composites [Composite]. Linn. 

 ig-Syngenesia, 4-Necessana.) 



Hardy annuals may be sown in the border, in April ; 

 tenderer ones in a slight hotbed, and transplanted in May. 

 Greenhouse varieties by cuttings ; sandy loam, and loam 

 and peat for the greenhouse ones. See MARIGOLD. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



C. arbore'scens (tree-like). See TRIPTERIS ARBORESCENS. 

 chrysanthemifo'lia (chrysanthemum-leaved). See 



DIMORPHOTHECA CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIA. 



denta'ta (toothed). See C. DENTICULATA. 



denticula' 'ta (small-toothed). i$. Yellow. December. 



Barbary. 1821. 



fla'ccida (feeble). See DIMORPHOTHECA AURANTIACA. 

 frutico'sa (shrubby). See DIMORPHOTHECA FRUTICOSA. 

 murica'ta (prickled). See TRIPTERIS ARBORESCENS. 

 oppositifo'lia (opposite-leaved). See DIMORPHOTHECA 



OPPOSITIFOLIA. 

 suffrutico'sa (sub-shrubby), i. Yellow. December. 



West Mediterranean Regions. 1823. 

 Tra'gus (goat-rush). See DIMORPHOTHECA TRAGUS. 

 visco'sa (clammy). See DIMORPHOTHECA CUNEATA. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



C. sgypti'aca (Egyptian). Yellow. Eastern Mediter- 

 ranean Regions. 



arre'nis (corn-field). 2. Yellow. June. Europe. 

 1597. 



Aste'rias (star). See C. STELLATA. 



Dalge'sirum (Dalgesirum). See C. SUFFRUTICOSA. 



gra'cilis (slender). See C. PERSIC A. 



graminifo'lia (grass-leaved). See DIMORPHOTHECA 



NUDICAULIS GRAMINIFOLIA. 



hispa'nica (Spanish). See C. SUFFRUTICOSA. 



hy'brida, (hybrid). See DIMORPHOTHECA PLUVIALIS. 



inca'na (hoary). See C. SUFFRUTICOSA. 



madere'nsis (Madeirese). 2. Orange. Madeira. 1795. 



margina'ta (margined). See C. SUFFRUTICOSA. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). Yellow. Spain. 



noea'na (Noean). See C. SUFFRUTICOSA. 



C. nudicau'lis (naked-stalked). See DIMORPHOTHECA 

 NUDICAULIS. 



offlcina'lis (officinal. Common marigold). 3. Orange. 

 June. South of Europe. 1573. 



flo're-plf'no (double- flowered). 3. Orange. June. 



ochroleu'ca (yellow-white). Heads yellowish- 

 white. 1882. 



proli'fera (proliferous). Hen-and-Chicken Mari- 

 gold. 



pe'rsica (Persian). Yellow. June. Persia. 1830. 



pluvia'lis (rainy. Small Cape marigold). See DIMOR- 

 PHOTHECA PLUVIALIS. 



sa'ncta (holy). 2. Yellow. June. Levant. 1731. 



si'cula (Sicih'an). See C. ^GYPTIACA. 



Stella' ta (starred). 2. Yellow. July. Barbary. 1796. 



CALETA, See CALEA'NA. 

 CALICO BUSH. See KALMIA LATIFOLIA. 

 CAIIFORNIAN MAYBUSH. Photi'nia arbutifo'lia. 

 CALIFORNIAN PEPPER-TREE. Schi'nus Mo'lle. 

 CALIFORNIAN POPPY. Platyste'mon calif o'rnicum. 

 CAUME'RIS. See ASTER. 



CALIPHRU' RIA. ( From kalos, beautiful, and phroura, 

 enclosure ; referring to the spathe enclosing the flowers. 

 Nat. ord. Amaryllidaceae.) 



Beautiful greenhouse bulb, related to Eucharis. Fibrous 

 loam, a little peat, or leaf- soil and sand. Offsets. Repot 

 firmly when starting into fresh growth. 



C. hartwegia'na (Hartwegian). Greenish-white. New 



Grenada. 1843. 

 subedenta'ta (scarcely toothed). See EUCHARIS 



SUBEDENTATA. 



CALISAYA-BARK. Cincho'na Calisa'ya. 



CA'LLA. (From kalos, beautiful. Nat. ord. Arads 

 [Araceae], Linn. j-Heptandria, i-Monogynia.) 



All greenhouse plants ; division of the plants and 

 roots ; rich loam and peat ; the marshy one does well as 

 an aquatic, and frequently stands out of doors ; yet it 

 is safer to give all the protection of the greenhouse in 

 winter. 



C. cethio'pica (Ethiopian). See RICHARDIA AFRICANA. 

 Nicola'i (Nicola's). See RICHARDIA AFRICANA 



NICOLAI. 



aroma'tica (aromatic). See HOMALOMENA AROMATICA. 

 elliottia'na x albomacula'ta. See RICHARDIA ELLIOT- 



TIANA X ALBOMACULATA. 



leucoxa'ntha (white- yellow). See RICHARDIA LEUCOX- 



ANTHA. 



occu'lta (hidden-spiked). See HOMALOMENA AROMA- 

 TICA. 



palu'stris (marsh). \. White. July. Europe, 

 Northern Asia, and N. Amer. 1768. Perennial 

 aquatic. 



pertu'sa (perforated). See MONSTERA PERTUSA. 



CALLIANDRA. (From kalos, beautiful, and aner, a 

 man ; referring to the stamens, or male organ ; literally, 

 beautiful-stamened. The long, silky, purple or white 

 stamens of this genus are very beautiful. Nat. ord. 

 Leguminous Plants [Leguminosje], Linn. i>-Monadelphia, 

 8-Polyandria. Allied to Inga.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs ; cuttings of rather firm young 

 wood in sand, under a glass, in heat ; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



C. bi color (two-coloured). Brazil. 

 bre'vipes (short-stalked). 5. Pink. October. Brazil. 

 caracasa'na (Caracasan). Trop. Amer. 

 como'sa (tufted). 30. Pink. Trop. Amer. 1818. 

 diadema'ta (diademed). See C. BICOLOR. 

 formo'sa (beautiful). 10. White. Trop. Arner. 1825. 

 fu'lgens (shining). Bright crimson. Mexico. 1898. 

 gra'cilis (graceful). Yellowish-white. Trop. Amer. 



1870. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 10. Red. June. Trop. 



Amer. 1729. 

 hcematoce'phala (blood-red-headed). 30. Crimson. 



February. Mauritius. 

 htzmato'mma, (blood-cut). 30. White. Trop. Amer. 



1800. 

 Harri'sii (Mr. Harris's). 20. Rose. Mexico. 1845. 



